Finn Reynolds Ticks Off Challenger Title!

Written by Rob Reynolds, Finn's older brother and founder of Xpand Tennis. 

Playing Challenger level Tennis in Columbia last week, Finn Reynolds; younger brother of Rob Reynolds (Ex pro player and founder of Xpand), and New Zealand doubles specialist won his debut title. This result comes off the back of making last weeks Challenger Final in Bolivia. "It's so nice to be playing on the Challenger tour, we get looked after great and I can focus all my energy into playing well." Finn's referring to the major difference between the Futures tour and the Challenger tour- free accomodation. This is a big weight lifted off a pro players back (mentally and financially) and another checkpoint for tennis players along their professional careers. 

What makes Finn so good at doubles? With 12 big brother wins to 8 losses (vamos...), I've done my fair share of analysis on his game, and here's what I think... Growing up Finn and I trained a lot of volleys. Our mother, Louise is a great tennis coach who works from home and runs tennis fitness classes that are structured primarily in doubles format. Her drills keep people moving, light on their feet and generally consist of a lot of volleys, smashes and transitional movement from the baseline to the net. Growing up we often trained in this style which was super fun as most drills are games based and competitive. As Finn's game progressed he had many great mentors who further refined his game. I should also say that he often mentions his 'fast arm', which allows him to get some wicked movement on his lefty serve and when combined with his cat like reflexes makes him tough to beat. Instinctually he's always had a gift to anticipate and get his racket behind the ball. It's no surprise to see Finn doing so well. Finn climbed to the #1 spot for doubles in division one USA college tennis, playing for Ole Miss, prior to his full time professional tennis career. Let's keep a good thing rolling brother Finn.